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1  KESOLUTIOISrs 

Relating  to  the  war  and  negotiations  I 

1  Whereas,  The  people  of  the  Confederate  S  .   -een 

2  compelled  by  the  people  of  the  non-slaveholdl  -  to  dia- 

3  solve  their  connection  wf-  coin- 

4  pact,  in  order  to  preserve  their  liberti  .  whereas,  the  eft 
•*>  ft»  t-             y  the  government              >nfederate  States  imraedi- 

6  atelv  on  its  organization,  to  establish  friend  between 

7  it  and  the  government  of  the  United   Stat 

8  unavailing  by  reason  of  the  refusal  of  the  gover  if  the 
B  United  States  to  hold  intei  s  ap- 

10  pointed  by  this  government  for  that  purpos 

11  ;  rnment  of  the  Unite 

12  refnsed  to   listen  to  pro] 

13  having  declared  to  foreign  nal  1  re- 

14  .k'ft  any  (  ffer  <  f  mediation  -.-. 
make  in  the 

16    thus  having  i 


17  a  view  to  the  reduction  of  the  people  of  these  states  to  degrad- 

18  ing  bondage  or  to  their  extermination.     Therefore  be  it 

19  Resolved.  That  while  we  reiterate  our  readiness  to  enter  upon 

20  negotiations  for  peace  whenever  the  hearts  of  our  enemies  are 

21  so  inclined,  we   will  pursue  without  faltering,  the  course  we 

22  have  deliberately  chosen:  and  for  the  preservation  of  our  liber - 

23  ties,  we  will  employ  whatever  means  Providence  has  placed  at 

24  our  disposal. 

25  Resolved   That  the  mode  prescribed  in  the  constitution  of  the 

26  Confederate  States  for  making  treaties  of  peace,  affords  ample 

27  means  for  the  attainment  of  that  end  whenever  the  government 

28  of  the  United  States  abandon  their  wicked  purpose  to  subjugate 

29  them,  and  evince  a  willingness  to  enter  upon  negotiations   for 

30  the  termination  of  the  w\ 


